Formica rapax Fabricius, 1804: 398 (w.) SOUTH AMERICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South America: (“Habitat in America meridionali Dom. Smidt. Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: ZMUC. Type notes: Zimsen, 1964: 424, cites 2 worker syntypes in ZMUC.